Henri Abraham Chatelain (1664-1743) was a geographer and publisher. Most of Chatelain's maps were based on the work of Guillaume Delisle. His most famous work was "Atlas Historique" published in 7 volumes from 1705-1720, 1721 and again 1732-1739. The text of this educative atlas was written by Nicholas Gueudville. Included in this atlas is one of Chatelain's best known, highly-decorative maps, "Carte trés curieuse de la Mer de Sud…" a large foldout map that displays elaborate cartouches and depicts 75 percent of the globe in longitude.

Acquisition information written in pencil along bottom of leaf. Call number written in pencil on back of leaf in lower right corner. Dimensions written in pencil on verso in lower left corner. Small dark-colored patches on bottom edge of leaf. Two-inch tear along one fold from bottom of leaf. Three stains along top of verso. One small puncture hole in area of map depicted as “Moscovie.” Some foxing evident.

Digital Reproduction Information

Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008.